Editorial: Cambridge University Press
Colección: Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
Número de páginas: 288 págs. 22.9 x 15.6 cm
Fecha de edición: 01-04-2024
EAN: 9781108817899
ISBN: 978-1-108-81789-9
Precio (sin IVA): 30,74 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 31,97 €
This volume presents an account of slave law that is entirely new: one in which English law imbued plantation slavery with its staying power even as it insulated slave owners from contemplating the moral implications of owning human beings. Emphasizing practice rather than proscription, the book follows South Carolina colonists as they used English law to maximize the value of the people they treated as property.